Space probe
New Horizons
NASA · launched 2006
Flew past Pluto in 2015 and Arrokoth in 2019; now crossing the Kuiper belt.
Right now · as of
Outer solar system
9.89 billion km (66.1 AU) from Earth; a signal takes 9 h 9 min
9.86 billion km (65.9 AU) from the Sun, moving at 13.6 km/s relative to the Sun
Open in 3DThe flight
January 19, 2006
Launched on Atlas V 551 from Cape Canaveral SLC-41
February 28, 2007
Flies past Jupiter, 2,304,505 km away
July 14, 2015
Flies past Pluto, 13,677 km away
From the trajectory NASA JPL Horizons publishes for it.
Facts
- What it is
- Space probe
- Agency
- NASA
- Launched
- January 19, 2006
- Rocket
- Atlas V 551
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SLC-41
- International designator
- 2006-001A